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Redox-active electrodialysis

Leveraging chemical energy for direct brine valorization

Nature Water volume 2, pages 401–402 (2024)Cite this article

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Electrodialysis with redox-active electrodes produces high-value salts from brine with minimal external electrical power.

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Fig. 1: Schematic diagram of a chemically assisted electrodialysis cell for direct brine valorization.

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